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8.0.0

vanna-ai/vanna8.0.0Apr 27, 2026by hurl-bot

AI Summary

A major release introducing a new RFC 9535 compliant JSONPath module, removing deprecated command-line options, and adding new features like verbosity control and TLS certificate assertions.

Key Highlights

  • New JSONPath module implementing RFC 9535
  • Removal of deprecated flags (--interactive, legacy env vars)
  • New --verbosity option for global and per-request logging
  • Support for asserting/capturing TLS certificate values

Breaking Changes

  • Use CookieStore in HurlResult
  • Delete deprecated --interactive option
  • Replace legacy env var variable configuration HURL_foo by HURL_VARIABLE_foo
  • Rename ignore-asserts to no-assert
  • Using new JSONPath module implementing RFC 9535

New Features

  • Raw multiline strings
  • --no-cookie-store option
  • Separate color usage (ANSI codes) for standard output and standard error
  • Support for asserting/capturing TLS certificate value
  • rawbytes query
  • --verbosity option
  • Subject Alt Name (SAN) attribute for certificate assertions

Full Release Notes

[8.0.0 (2026-04-24)](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#8.0.0)
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Thanks to
[@backtozero](https://github.com/backtozero),
[@Hari-Oggy](https://github.com/Hari-Oggy),
[@eyupcanakman](https://github.com/eyupcanakman),
[@AdmiralRazorbeard](https://github.com/AdmiralRazorbeard),
[@giorgiovilardo](https://github.com/giorgiovilardo),
[@kikonen](https://github.com/kikonen),
[@eirayuki](https://github.com/eirayuki),
[@aageneralov](https://github.com/aageneralov),
[@mateusz834](https://github.com/mateusz834),
[@msterin](https://github.com/msterin),
[@lillem4n](https://github.com/lillem4n),
[@jwadolowski](https://github.com/jwadolowski),
[@ashishajr](https://github.com/ashishajr),
[@spiffytech](https://github.com/spiffytech),
[@rajiv](https://github.com/rajiv),

[Take a tour of this version here!](https://hurl.dev/blog/2026/04/27/announcing-hurl-8.0.0.html)

Breaking Changes:

* Use CookieStore in HurlResult (crate compatibility) [#4697](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4697)
* Delete deprecated --interactive option [#4712](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4712)
* Replace legacy env var variable configuration HURL_foo by HURL_VARIABLE_foo [#4882](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4882)
* Rename ignore-asserts to no-assert [#4889](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4889)
* Using new JSONPath module implementing RFC 9535 [#4270](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4270)


Enhancements:

* Add raw multiline strings and remove deprecated multiline attributes [#1733](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/1733)
* Add --no-cookie-store option to deactivate cookie storage for one file [#2168](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/2168)
* Rename --noproxy to --no-proxy with backward compatible alias [#4709](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4709)
* Separate color usage (ANSI codes) for standard output and standard error [#4790](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4790)
* Add support for asserting/capturing TLS certificate value [#4698](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4698)
* Use color/pretty when using output per request [#4970](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4970)
* Support color env variables configuration [#4777](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4777)
* Enhance error message for invalid filter input on filters [#4381](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4381)
* Add `rawbytes` query [#4250](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4250)
* Using new JSONPath module implementing RFC 9535 [#4270](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4270)
* Add --verbosity option (globally and per request) [#4613](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4613)
* Add Subject Alt Name (SAN) attribute for certificate assertions [#4617](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4617)


Bugs Fixed:

* Reject invalid header value on command line option [#4843](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4843)
* Fix single quote in cookie value breaking curl output [#4557](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4557)
* Add support for curl --data-raw option in hurlfmt import [#4411](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4411)
* Fix truncating existing output file when response is tiny [#4576](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4576)


Deprecations:

* Add charsetDecode filter and make decode deprecated [#4732](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/issues/4732)